19
August-18 October 2003
SPECIAL
PREVIEW
Cinema 1: 19 Aug, 6.30pm
CRIMSON GOLD (TALAYE SORGH)
'A quietly brilliant film ... poetic and precise, witty and profoundly
compassionate' Time Out Starting from the point at which a thief trapped
by the security system in a Tehran jewellery store commits murder and
suicide, Panahi's new film brilliantly unwinds to show what pushes a man
to such an extreme. Hussein (Hussein Emadeddin) is a taciturn loner, a
war veteran once lauded but damaged and now working as an ageing pizza
delivery boy. Full of suppressed hilarity and unexpected observations,
Abbas Kiarostami's script provides a stunningly eloquent and moving account
of a society split between privilege and desperation. From the director
of The White Balloon and The Circle, the film won the Un Certain Regard
Jury Award in Cannes this year and has been hailed as a brave new direction
in Iranian cinema. Dir Jafar Panahi, Iran 2003, 97 mins, subs, 12A
Tickets: £10 (film + Q&A); £25 (film + Q&A + reception
in honour of Jafar Panahi)
Wed
27, Fri 29 Aug, 8pm
OUT OF BOUNDS
'fine comic tuning' Billy Sutter
'Tears and laughter abound' CUE
The show that Nelson Mandela requested a private performance of. Hot from
the Edinburgh Festival, Out Of Bounds is a marvellous play that gets to
the heart of real people and real lives. The play is written and performed
by Rajesh Gopie, a South African playwright of Indian origin or an Indian
of South African origin... It tells the story of Lal and his family, Indians
growing up in a township on the outskirts of Durban, both during and after
apartheid. The play reveals a heartfelt quest for truth, about the awkward
transition from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. £8,
£7 Concs. £6 ICA Members Theatre
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 22 - Thursday 28 August
FILM @ THE ICA
22
The Draughtsman's Contract Cinema 1 6.30pm
Fri Traces of a Dragon Cinema 1 4.15, 8.45pm
Derrida Cinema 2 6.30pm
Show Me Love Cinema 2 8.30pm
23
The Draughtsman's Contract Cinema 1 4.15, 8.4 5pm
Sat Traces of a Dragon Cinema 1 2, 10.30pm
Derrida Cinema 2 12.30pm
Ten Cinema 2 2.30pm
Show Me Love Cinema 2 4.30, 8.30pm
Jalla! Jalla! Cinema 2 6.30pm
Michael Nyman in conversation Cinema 1 6.45pm
24
The Draughtsman's Contract Cinema 1 2, 6.30pm
Sun Traces of a Dragon Cinema 1 4.15, 8.45pm
Ten Cinema 2 12.30pm
Jalla! Jalla! Cinema 2 2.15, 6.30pm
Songs from the Second Floor Cinema 2 4.15, 8.30pm
25
The Draughtsman's Contract Cinema 1 6.30pm
Mon Traces of a Dragon Cinema 1 4.15, 8.45pm
Swedish Shorts Cinema 2 6.30pm
The Greatness of the Small Man Cinema 2 8.30pm
26
The Draughtsman's Contract Cinema 1 6.30pm
Tues Traces of a Dragon Cinema 1 4.15, 8.45pm
The Greatness of the Small Man Cinema 2 6.45pm
Songs from the Second Floor Cinema 2 8.30pm
27
The Draughtsman's Contract Cinema 1 6.30pm
Weds Traces of a Dragon Cinema 1 4.15, 8.45pm
The Greatness of the Small Man Cinema 2 6.45pm
Songs from the Second Floor Cinema 2 8.30pm
28 The Draughtsman's Contract Cinema 1 6.30pm
Thurs Traces of a Dragon Cinema 1 4.15, 8.45pm
Swedish Shorts Cinema 2 6.30pm
Together Cinema 2 8.30pm
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 22 - Thursday 28 August
ICA FILMS
THE
DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT - BRAND NEW PRINT
'Dazzling' Time Out
'Brilliant' Guardian
'Seductively beautiful, quietly sexy' Times
A stunning new print of Peter Greenaway's acclaimed first feature, a satisfyingly
complex Jacobean murder mystery set in an English country garden during
the height of a late 17th century summer. A draughtsman contracted to
execute 12 drawings of an estate negotiates terms to include the sexual
favours of his employer (Janet Suzman). But when a corpse is dragged from
the moat, the draughtsman's designs may reveal more than he realised.
A brilliantly perverse film of extraordinary visual beauty with Michael
Nyman's mesmerising, heart-racing score. Starring Anthony Higgins. Dir
Peter Greenaway, UK 1982, 108 mins
DERRIDA
'Blissful ... a pleasure to watch' New York Times 'Inspirational' Film
Comment This award-winning film is an intimate portrait of the brilliant,
controversial philosopher and intellectual icon Jacques Derrida, whose
theory of 'deconstruction' has deeply influenced the studies of literature,
philosophy, ethics, architecture and law, indelibly marking the intellectual
landscape of the 20th and 21st centuries. Combining rare private footage
of Derrida with his reflections on deconstruction, violence, love and
death, the film investigates the concept of biography and explores the
relationship between the public and the private. Provocative and entertaining,
Derrida is co-directed by philosophy scholar Amy Ziering Kofman and film
maker Kirby Dick, with a mesmerising score by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Dir Kirby
Dick/Amy Ziering Kofman, US 2002, 85 mins www.derridathemovie.com
ICA/EDINBURGH
FILM FESTIVAL
TRACES OF A DRAGON: JACKIE CHAN AND HIS LOST FAMILY
'Essential viewing' Screen International
In telling Jackie Chan's story, this compelling documentary takes the
audience through almost a century of China's history. A Nationalist secret
agent and small-time mafioso, Chan's father moved to Shanghai after his
first wife's death to 'get some turf', leaving his young sons to fend
for themselves. Here he met Chan's mother, an impoverished woman with
two daughters to support - which she did through opium smuggling, gambling
and her role as a big sister in the underworld. During the Maoist revolution
Chan's mother and father fled south to Hong Kong. Chan himself was separated
from his parents and enrolled in the Peking Opera academy to hone his
acrobatic skills. The film shows the resilience of children to the slings
and arrows of history. Dir Mabel Cheung, China/Hong Kong, 2003, 94mins,
subs
TEN
' *****masterpiece ...' Guardian
'funny...and remarkably moving' Time Out
'...riveting' Independent on Sunday
Kiarostami's latest film took the Cannes Film Festival by storm with not
only its revelation of the emotional life of contemporary Iran, but its
extraordinary, Godardian reinvention of the cinematic form itself. Focusing
tightly on a driver (the wonderful Mania Akbari) and her passengers, Ten
opens on an incredible exchange with her young son, the very model of
burgeoning masculinity. We meet her sister, an elderly woman going to
prayer, a prostitute and a heartbroken friend, as the driver and her passengers
argue, joke, cajole and console one another through the course of ten
brief journeys.
Dir Abbas Kiarostami, France/Iran 2002, 94 mins, Farsi with English subs
Posters signed by Kiarostami are available at the ICA Bookshop
SEASON
BEYOND TROLLYWOOD
Nicknamed 'Trollywood', the Western City of Trollhättan is a hotbed
of production for much of the contemporary Swedish new wave. This short
season celebrates the intertwined careers of three extraordinary Swedish
directors whose diverse work is both socially concerned and influenced
by poetic realism. Curated by Ingrid Stigsdotter
Show
Me Love (Fucking Åmål)
'A young master's first masterpiece' Ingmar Bergman
The breathtaking story of an odd couple, a shy and sombre outcast and
a popular but rebellious blonde. The teenage girls' revolt against the
narrow-mindedness and tedium of their existence in the dull Swedish town
of Åmål provides a film of extraordinary pace and visual rhythm.
Dir Lukas Moodysson, Sweden 1998, 89 mins, Subs
Together
'Perfect comedy' Guardian
In this wonderfully warm comedy, set in a 1970s commune in Stockholm,
the failure of the characters to live according to their alleged ideologies
is depicted with a healthy mixture of sympathy and irony. A huge hit world-wide.
Dir Lukas Moodysson, Sweden 2000, 106 mins, subs
Lilya
4-Ever
'An exceptional film' Independent
Living in a run-down council estate in one of the former Soviet Union
states, teenage Lilya is abandoned by her mother and comes to turning
tricks. When a smooth-talking boyfriend promises her a new life in Sweden,
Lilya deserts her best friend only to become literally and metaphorically
imprisoned in a life even more nightmarish than any of her previous experiences.
Dir Lukas Moodysson, Sweden 2002, 109 mins
Jalla!
Jalla!
'a storyline that will melt even the hardest of hearts' Alternative Melbourne
The love lives of best friends Roro and Måns become complicated
when Roro's Lebanese family decide that its time for him to have a traditional
marriage. A warm-hearted depiction of generational differences in the
Swedish-Lebanese community.
Dir Josef Fares, Sweden 2000, 87 mins, subs
Songs
from the Second Floor
'Bizarre, playful and disturbing... Unmissable' Guardian
Winner of the Jury Prize in Cannes 2000. An absurdist tragi-comedy which
mixes cynicism, magic, social criticism, poetry and satire.
Dir Roy Andersson, Sweden 2000, 97 mins, subs
The
Greatness of the Small Man
This fascinating documentary shows Roy Andersson at work in his studio
in Stockholm. A record of the making of an extraordinary film and a sensitive
portrait of a filmmaker. Plus World of Glory (Roy Andersson, 15mins).
Dir Kjell Andersson/Bo Harringer, Sweden 2000, 56 mins, subs
Swedish
Shorts
Talk (dir Lukas Moodysson, 1997, 14 mins) + Bring it! (dir Josef Fares,
2001, 11min) + World of Glory (dir Roy Andersson, 1991, 15 min) + Music
for One Apartment and Six Drummers (dir Johannes Stjärne Nilsson/Ola
Simonsson, 2001, 10mins) + Svitjod 2000+ (dir Mårten Nilsson/David
Flamholc, 2000, 11 mins) + To Be Continued... (dir Linus Tunström,
2000, 5 minutes). Total running time c.70 mins
ICA LISTINGS
Friday 22 - Thursday 28 August
EXHIBITIONS @ THE ICA
Wed
30 July - Sun 19 Oct
VIDEO ACTS
ICA Galleries Daily 12-7.30pm
Video Acts presents a single channel works from the collections of Pamela
and Richard Kramlich and New Art Trust 'Set aside a weekend' Artforum
'Indispensable viewing' The New York Times Video Acts comes to the ICA
after its critically acclaimed reception at P.S.1 in New York. This exhibition
offers a rare opportunity to see gathered together more than eighty landmarks
in the development of video art. Each work is shown continuously and simultaneously
on separate monitors or projectors.
It includes major pieces by, among others, Marina Abramovic and Ulay,
Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Dara Birnbaum, Dan Graham, Joan Jonas,
Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, Bruce Nauman, Tony Oursler, Pipilotti Rist,
Martha Rosler, Richard Serra, Bill Viola and William Wegman.
Video Acts provides the indispensable historical context within which
the explosion of contemporary video art can be understood.
Curated by Klaus Biesenbach with Barbara London and Christopher Eamon,
the exhibition's design provides a radical account of how to exhibit video
within a gallery context. £1.50, £1 Concs, FREE to
ICA Members. Sat & Sun: £2.50, £1.50 Concs, FREE To ICA
Members. Lower and Upper Galleries
Video
Acts
Thurs 28 Aug, 7pm
Gallery Talk: Reproducing Realities with Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard
Performance based video artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard will consider
what they feel to be one of the most important questions facing performance
today: what is the status of the 'live' and the 'real' in a culture dominated
by mass media? Screening examples of their recent performance based video
work File under Sacred Music, a re-creation of The Cramps' legendary performance
at Napa Mental Institute and selected works from Video Acts, Forsyth and
Pollard will consider why we record performance to re-play the real. £1.50,
£1 Concs, FREE to ICA Members. Please book tickets in advance ICA
LISTINGS Friday 22 - Thursday 28 August MUSIC & PERFORMANCE @ THE
ICA
ICA
LISTINGS
Friday 22 - Thursday 28 August
NEW MEDIA @ THE ICA
6-29
August
Weds, Thurs & Fri 4-8pm, Sat 2-6pm
WEB AS PERFORMANCE SPACE
Kelli Dipple, Coco Fusco & Ricardo Dominguez, Lynn Hershman Leeson,
Kristin Lucas, Tina La Porta This exhibition draws parallels between the
web as a new arena for performance and the early years of video as a performance
tool. From the creation of online identities such as Agent Ruby, the artificial
intelligence 'web agent' in the work of Lynn Hershman Leeson, to Tina
La Porta's exploration of the impact the internet has on the expression
of identity, the show presents a spectrum of approaches to performance
on the web. Performance artist Kelli Dipple shows a range of distributed
performance works via her site gravelrash.net. Coco Fusco and Ricardo
Dominguez' net. performance Dolores from 10h to 22h re-stages a true story
which took place in a Mexican factory while in Involuntary Reception,
Kristin Lucas performs as a young woman with an enormous electro-magnetic
pulse field.
Mon-Fri: £1.50, £1.00 Concs, FREE to ICA members; Sat &
Sun: £2.50, £1.50 Concs, FREE to ICA members
A
little taster here of just some of the musical delights at the ICA in
the coming weeks...
-Franz Ferdinand
play the ICA after sell-out at the Africa Centre -UNKLE exhibition and
live show feat. James Lavelle + guests -Hip hop artist Buck 65 remixes
live soundtrack for David Lynch's Eraserhead -Batmacumba's Samba-Tastic
Sixth Birthday -The War is Dead Long Live the War: Patrick Jones play
with original score by James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers
-Mego label night -DJ Saved My Life: Amnesty International present 5 nights
curated by Jo Whiley, Dreem Teem, Zane Lowe, Late Junction and more. -Domino
Records 10th Anniversary: exhibition + live shows: The Pastels, Clinic,
Movietone, Hood and To Roccoco Rot
Emma
Pettit
ICA Press Office
Direct: 020 7766 1406
Tickets & Box Office: 020 7930 3647
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www.ica.org.uk
ICA/Thisisrealart
Mon 8 Sept, 8pm-1am
UNKLE Live
In celebration of the release of Unkle's second album Never, Never Land
on 1 September, the ICA presents a special live set from James Lavelle
and Rich File plus special guests (including guest vocalists), DJs and
animated visuals by Unorthodox Styles. There will also be two films screened
during the live show. Eye for An Eye is an 11 minute animated film based
on original artwork by 3D of Massive Attack, written by James Lavelle,
Shynola and 3D, directed by Shynola and Ruth Lingford. There will also
be a nine minute 'making of the artwork' film of Futura painting the canvas,
shot by Ben Drury and James Lavelle and edited by Unorthodox Styles. James
Lavelle and Rich File will be signing their art-work and records in the
ICA book shop. £8, £7 Concs. £6 ICA Members
ICA/thisisrealart
Fri 5-Mon 8 Sept, 12pm-7pm daily (8 Sep, 12pm-10pm)
Never, Never Land: UNKLE Design Show
thisisrealart and the ICA present a special live show and four-day design
display. The display will showcase seminal graphics, artwork and promotional
elements which have made James Lavelle, his label Mowax and his UNKLE
project one of the most influential acts in both the music and art worlds.
More specifically, the design exhibition will include an 8 x 16' canvas
painted by Futura for the album artwork and photographs by William Bankhead.
Limited edition UNKLE design items commissioned especially for this occasion
will be available in the ICA bookshop. Media Partner: Fact magazine Free
with ICA day membership (£1.00 - £2.50)
Fri
5 Sept, 8pm
Full Length 28: Buck 65 Vs Eraserhead
Canada-based leftfield hip hop genius meets David Lynch's surrealist masterpiece
head on in this battle of wits to out-weird each other! Buck 65's love
of hip hop is coupled with his love of Tom Waits and hard rock anthems.
His collaborative work includes The Beastie Boys, Radiohead Seasame Street
and Biz Markie. Tonight Buck 65 will re-write the score for Eraserhead,
the surrealist take on nuclear families, parenthood, sexuality and urban
life that caused shockwaves in punk strewn 70s Britain.
£8, £7 Concs. £6 ICA Members
Wed
10 Sept, 8pm
Franz Ferdinand
'edgy, sexy, kinetic pop music... proper, old fashioned pop stars' Guardian
'redefining vaudevillian art-pop for the 21st century' NME Are you ready
to meet the new Scottish gentry? Franz Ferdinand have already been touted
as the new Smiths/Interpol/future of music. In celebration of the release
of their debut single Darts of Pleasure, we are proud to present one of
the most exciting British bands of the last 5 years. The charismatic gang
of four's handful of celebrated shows to date include their debut gig
at a 'Girl Art' exhibition for the Glasgow School of Art and at The Africa
Centre, London. They won't disappoint. £8, £7 Concs. £6
ICA Members
Thurs
11 Sept, 8pm
Flo-Motion Live feat. Nick Luscombe
XFM's leading light of experimentica Nick Luscome plays the best of electronic,
trans Europe sounds to those who want to hear new breeds of music. Plus
special guests (see press). £5, £4 Concs. Free to ICA Members
Sat
13 Sept, 9pm
Batmacumba's Samba-Tastic Sixth Birthday
One of the freshest and funkiest club nights in London, with a reputation
for showcasing the best in Brazilian music and video, is celebrating six
years at the ICA. To mark this auspicious occasion Batmacumba has lined
up a Bacchanalian batucada beat-fest involving three of London's finest
samba schools fresh from the Notting Hill Carnival with their respective
sambas de enredo. The samba schools featured include London School of
Samba, the oldest of the three schools founded in 1984, Quilombo do Samba,
founded by Mestre Geraldo and the newest school to have emerged, Paraiso
School of Samba. Batmacumba's Brazilian vinyl junky and legendary record
smuggler, DJ Cliffy, takes to the decks delving deep into the six year
history of Batmacumba. £10, £9 Concs. £8 ICA Members
World
premiere
Mon 15 - Sat 20 Sept, 8pm
Sorted Productions present: The War is Dead Long Live The War 'striking
enough to do for Welsh theatre what the Manics and Catatonia have done
for its music' The Guardian on Jones's last play Everything Must Go
From the writer of Everything Must Go Patrick Jones, Welsh playwright,
poet and famed Manic Street Preachers collaborator premiere's his new
play that explores the absurdity and tragedy of war echoed through two
men's stark sadness and experiences.
Featuring a special guest contribution at each performance. Original music
by James Dean Bradfield, directed by Sally Ann Gritton and supported by
Manic Street Preachers £9, £8 Concs, £7 ICA members
Wed
24 Sept, 8pm
Blacktronica
'irresistible music' Time Out
Blacktronica kicks off the autumn season with another' king of the Beats
session' as two of London's hottest producers go head to head in an MPC
drum machine sound clash. Expect controversy, heated exchanges and bruised
egos as the participants battle it out over four blistering rounds in
a percussive head to head. Four beats each and the crowd decide. Music
provided by Charlie Dark and friends alongside special guest Benji B from
1 xtra. Bring your whistles, horns and dancing shoes for a night you won't
want to miss!
£6, £5 Concs. Free to ICA Members
Sun
28 Sept, 8pm
Mego Label night
Austrian record label Mego are currently regarded as one of the most innovative
contemporary European record labels. Tonight, Mego showcase four artists
- Andreas Pieper, Florian Hecker, Russell Haswell and Hiaz - presenting
real-time material, which mixes improvisational audio work and played-back
samples, to create a range of soundscapes and audio experiments. £8,
£7 Concs. £6 ICA Members
October
Domino Records 10th Anniversary Celebrations
Hard to believe it perhaps, but it has now been ten years since Laurence
Bell first sat cross-legged on his South West London floor, desk-less,
and began the story of Domino with that very first WIG release... Well
believe it you will, because Domino will be celebrating in style when
October comes with a series of special events, shows, parties, exclusive
releases and promotions planned to mark this momentous occasion. The label
that has brought you such luminaries as Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, The Kills,
Four Tet, Clinic, Pavement, Royal Trux, The Pastels, Jim O'Rourke, Elliot
Smith, Max Tundra, Quasi, Sebadoh and more, is proud to be able to present
you this birthday extravaganza, featuring shows and DJ spots from many
of the above artists and more to be announced soon.
www.dominorecordco.com
Saturday
4th October
Domino Records 10th Anniversary
Clinic plus live support from Hood
Tickets £10.50
Sunday
12th October
Domino Records 10th Anniversary
The Pastels, Movietone + To Rococo Rot plus guest djs
Tickets £12.50
3-5
October
Domino Records 10th Anniversary Exhibition
Every record sleeve domino have released housed in a wooden space frame
in the ICA's Nash Room, visually illustrating domino's 10 years worth
of music. The label has a unique visual identity whose warmth and individuality
will be brought out en masse. Along the walls will be a timeline of the
label composed by various domino insiders, plus a series of cabinets and
display cases where exhibits will include a series of original 7"
artwork sketches, notes and instructions from the likes of Bonnie Prince
Billy, Pavement, Royal Trux Clinic etc. There will also be a specially
commissioned documentary that gives a unique insight into the trajectory
of the highs and lows of running a high-octane independent rock and roll
label. More details to follow. Free with ICA day Membership
October
14 - 18
Amnesty International: DJ Saved My Life
Exhibitions, talks, live gigs and and more curated by top radio DJs including
Jo Whiley, Zane Lowe, Fiona Talkington and Verity Sharpe, and the Dreem
Teem. Please get in touch for more info or see www.djsavedmylife.co.uk
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